Collegium Musicum brings centuries-old music to life

KALAMAZOO--Collegium Musicum, Western Michigan University's
early music ensemble of 18 singers and 12 instrumentalists, will
perform at 8:15 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 13 in the Dalton
Center Recital Hall.

Admission to the concert is free and open to the public. The
evening's program will consist of English madrigals, songs and
instrumental dances from the late 16th and early 17th centuries--the
time of Queen Elizabeth I and King James I.

Directed by Dr. Matthew Steel, WMU associate professor of
music, Collegium Musicum features a chorus as well as instrumentalists
playing lute, harpsichord, viol, recorder, sackbut, cornetto
and organ.